In this episode, we will explain you the best driving position; it will ensure comfort,
control and safety during your daily driving as well as for the times you will be
driving on any race track.
Sitting position
You need to ensure about 100 degrees angle with your elbows and your
knees. This will guarantee enough lever to use the pedals with the right energy, without
having to stretch your legs and without moving your back away from your backrest
to turn your steering wheel. Also, in case of front impact, straight arms and legs
would cause serious injuries to your hips and shoulders. See picture (1).
As far as your backrest is concerned, you need to keep it nice and straight. If
your keep it more horizontal, your spine will not be able to transfer the weight of your
head down in the seat but it will be bent and this might cause you back pain on long
drives or even serious damages to the spine itself when you get older. See picture (2)
How you make sure you adjusted your seat well? Here the sequence:
[A] Adjust your distance from the
pedals first. You need to be able to
press the pedals fully and still have a
small angle in your knees.
[B] Adjust your distance from the
steering wheel. Your need to able to
rest your wrist on top of your steering
wheel without stretching or moving
your back away from the back rest.
If you have straight arms, you
will not be able to use all your muscles,
like your arms, forearms and pectorals.
In fact you are using only your shoulders
muscles.
If you have bent legs and arms,
you will be able to absorb a greater
amount of energy before you get
injured. Most of the steering wheels
are not vertical, hence you need to
make some extra room so that you can
turn your steering wheel for more than
90 degrees without any stretch.
Hands position
If you have successfully
reached your sitting
position, you will be able to
put your hands in the so
called 9 and 3 position, if
you think of a watch. You
can notice that, if you rest
your hands in this position,
your elbows will have an
approximate angle of
100/110 degrees. There
are no other position that
we recommend. Every rally,
touring car, Formula 1 driver
use this technique and it
ensures the best control of
your vehicle. You can use
the strength of both arms
equally, at the same time. I
recommend not to squeeze
the steering wheel itself too
much, but keep it with soft
hands so that you will be
able to feel what is happening
with your front wheels. If
you have to turn right, you
will be pulling with your
right hand and pushing with
your left, this way you are in
control of your action.
In the picture.... you
can see one of the most
dangerous position: beyond
not giving any kind of control,
it can be deadly, if the
air bag pops out: you need
to know that the airbag
comes out at 300 km/h
and if your wrist is on the
way it will be broken and it
will hit your face, causing
horrible damages, if not
death.
For inquiries, e-mail
Luca Cima @ pr@autotraderuae.
com.
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